WAVNEWS APRIL 2021 Check out Our New Kitchen and Catering Team News—Page 5
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WAVNEWS APRIL 2021 Check out our new Kitchen and Catering team news—page 5 Welcome our new HR Support Officers! - Page 12 Get involve in some outdoor activities OUR VALUES—RESPECT with your work Recognition,E asy to do business with, Service, colleagues—Page 13 Positivity,E xcellence, Collaboration,T rust OUR SERVICES Waverley currently employ 330+ adults with special needs, 60+ full time and casual staff across 2 sites located in Notting Hill and Hallam. Waverley six divisions specialising in Packaging, Assembly, Catering, Woodwork, Transport and Garden / Maintenance services. 1 Please RSVP preferred day of attendance to [email protected] 2 Hallam—March 2021 The Hallam crew has been celebrating stars of the week and we had so many deserving hard working employees. Our employee of the month/star of the month award will be given out to one employee in each group. Our stars are chosen for the some of the following reasons: Hard work & Dedication. Taking pride in their work. Showing leadership. Going over and above to get the work done. Keeping the place clean, sanitized and safe. Excellent attendance and punctuality. Great Versatility and Productivity. AND THE WINNERS FOR THE MONTH ARE: Hallam 1 - Sean Guinane Hallam 2 - James Muscat Hallam 3 - David Sola-Graetz Hallam 4 - Jessica Bousfield Maintenance– Paul Slinger 3 Notting Hill—March 2021 Group 1: Matthew Migliorini Group 2: James Thomson Group 3: Esther Ong Group 4: Isabelle Shattock Group 5: Robert Evans Group 6: Brendan Hampton MBC1: Jake Maguire AND THE WINNER FOR THE MONTH IS Matthew Migliorini Matthew has moved to Packaging permanently and has stepped up his work ethics to focus on quality control at the end of the line. He has picked up numerous issues with the Asaleo Dignity Share Pack. Well done Matthew! Keep up the great work! 4 Notting Hill Renovations Update Our new kitchen is complete and boy are we excited! Our new Executive Chef Nick has started and is keeping the Catering team very busy! Our catering employees are back in the kitchen and more excited than ever. The team is working very hard and our new chef has introduced some new yummy food for our catering menu already! So many exciting times ahead for our Catering team. Find out more about Nick below :) Name: Nick Schwarz Nickname: Shorts Favourite thing about Waverley: Working with the most amazing team Favourite Book/Movie: Aliens Favourite Band/Music Artist: Faith No More & Mr Bungle Favourite TV Show: Seinfeld & Brooklyn 99 Dream Holiday destination: Anywhere in Spain or Portugal What makes you laugh: My children 5 A big THANK YOU to all our working bees that helped at our Notting Hill site :) On 28 February and 13 March we had a working One of our parents Alan Mak showed amazing bee at our Notting Hill site. A BIG thank you to all artistic skills by painting Mt Fuji in our training room! the parents, employees, board members and staff that came to help on the day. With team effort we have done an incredible job both inside and outside of the building. We cleaned the floors, the windows, painted walls, pressure washed the outside area, painted outdoor tables and refurnished our first aid room. Such an amazing effort, thank you all. We have another working bee coming up at Hallam on 24 April, so if you would like to help out, please RSVP to [email protected] The new first aid room which will also be used as a meditation room for employees when required. 6 Last year some of our staff completed Certificate 4 in Disability with SkillsPlus & Brace. Congratulations to all staff who completed the course! Everyone celebrated this year with certificates and some morning tea. A big THANK YOU to SkillsPlus & Brace staff for collaborating with us during a difficult year of COVID and providing flexible options with classes and assessments. A special THANK YOU to trainer Belinda for doing an amazing job and supporting our staff all the way through. We look forward to a continued partnership with SkillsPlus & Brace to provide training to our support staff and employees. Our employees are loving their new lockers! Our colourful new lockers have really brightened up both sites. The happy fresh colours compliment our values and bring positivity into the workplace. 7 Jared from Hallam 4 went to John Cain Arena in the city to watch the NBL cup. Jared saw two matches. In the first game, Hawks played against NZ Breakers. Hawks defeated NZ 102 to 88. In the second game, it was Melbourne United versus Taipans. Melbourne United came back in full force in the 4th quarter and scored 88 against Taipans who finished on 81 points. Jared had a great time! SHE SAID YES! Below: Heather with her most recent art :) Our employee Joanna from Group 1 got engaged on Valentines Day! A big Congratulations to Joanna and her finance Ben, all the very best! Stephanie from Group 5 celebrating her Heather from Hallam 2 at Waverley birthday in February. Happy birthday Gardens for Chinese New Year. Stephanie! 8 Ashburton’s got Talent—Music in the carpark On Saturday 27th February, Anne from Group 1 went to see Antoinette Sandy at the talent show. Anne had great fun catching up with her friends, enjoying great food such as pizza, sausages and popcorn. Anne had a fabulous time listening to music and enjoyed balloon and hat making. Anne also bought a toy for her bird Bluee :) There were lots of families, kids and dogs at the talent show. A BIG Well done to Andrew from Group 5 who thought of a great idea for one of our Dottera Jobs. Andrew created this to ensure that the 3 oils that were used inside the tissue paper did not move as the employees wrapped the product. This also ensured that employees only put 3 oils in the paper and no additional ones. Well done Andrew! Group 3 Star of the week in March— Tim Chaplin! Tim has done a great job working in Packaging and has now gone back to our Catering Department as our brand new commercial kitchen is ready. Well done Tim! 9 On 27 March, Brittney from Group 5 played in the Unity Cup 2021 for FIDA all abilities football. She played 3 games. In game 2 she kicked 3 goals and in game 3 she was captain. Well done Brittney! Some more fantastic shining stars from Group 3! Esther, Manny, Greg and Dean have worked so well in March and got their shinning stars. Well done guys, keep working hard and keep smiling :) The excitement in this photo paints a picture! This was an enormous coffee job we had at our Notting Hill that took over 4 days to complete. We had a group of employees, staff and volunteers working hard on this job to get it done on time and this was the end result! Smiling and excited faces! Great team work and collaboration from everyone. Well done! 10 Brendan from Hallam 2 competed in the National Para Vision Impaired (VI) archery championships in Brisbane. He went in two events, one on Saturday and another on Sunday. Saturday was the VI National Tournament. He came equal first and the two competitors could not be separated, so gold medals to both. Sunday was the individual match play. This was a thrilling game; he started badly but fought his way back to level the scores. This meant a “ shoot off” to determine the bronze medal winner. The first shoot off was a draw, the second shoot off was a draw. Finally he snatched the win in the third shoot off, to the applause of many spectators. Thus ended a successful campaign by Brenden, well done!!! During 2020 Naomi from Group 3 was very busy knitting. She picked the different wool colours and knitted all of the squares to be sewn into this cosy warm blanket. Wishing our friend Penelope Smith from Hallam 2 a speedy recovery. Penelope has been going through some health issues and is facing some challenging times dealing with her health as well as taking care of little miss Hannah. Sending lots of love & kisses your way. Stay strong Penelope. 11 The HR team is so excited to welcome their new HR Officers! Our 6 new HR Support Officers will be working across Hallam and Notting hill, working with all department supervisors to focus on employee training and development and person Meaghan has a parrot called Bluey that meows centred supports! like a cat! From the left we welcome: Anna’s dog Amigo speaks 3 languages, Polish, David Best, Meaghan Carey, Russian and English! Rebecca Sheehan, Anna Ivanov Dave loves music & owns over 2000 CD’s! and Maneesha Maviladath. Maneesha has an orange belt in karate! Bec has 2 tattoos of her dogs, ask her to show you! On 23 March we said goodbye to our Catering Manager Dimmy. The Catering Team and staff wished her farewell with flowers and a voucher for all her hard work and support to the Catering Team. Dimmy will be taking some time off, going on a holiday and planning her upcoming wedding. We wish her all the best! 12 Our Hallam Production Manager Jo went to Tasmania for the first time and says she regrets not doing this earlier as she had an amazing time! Jo and her husband Steve drove around Tasmania in a massive 8 meter the campervan! Jo said that she really enjoyed the sight seeking and all the amazing things Tasmania had to offer. Some of her favourite experiences were the Gorge Scenic Reserve and Blowholes.